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Google, Skype and the Future of IM

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-like-a-little-theory dept.

Matt Veenstra sent in a nice little piece of rumor mongering about how Google's new Talk/Jabber/IM thing is just a stepping stone, but it's really just a foreshadowing of their future buyout of Skype. Worth some thought anyway.

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  1. Re:Rumor? by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 0, Troll
    So much for "News for Nerds"

    Yeah, it's slightly off. It's become "News for Dorks," the difference being that dorks are nerd wanna-bes. Which is sad.

  2. Slashdot: The Google PR Room by SumDog · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously, do we need this much coverage of Google? Hey look google now does this and now does that and now does stuff that's been OFFERED BY EVERYONE ELSE.

    Granded they do make things better than everyone else, but it's really getting old. There should be a limit to 1 google article a week.

  3. Help me out here by Linker3000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm losing track..er..sorry, this is /. isn't it..I'm loosing track...

    Do we hate Google or just M$? Are we basking in the glory of the great Google or bemoaning their plans for world dominance?

    Is there an official definition of when we start to hate company 'x' and is it based on size, acquisitions or some form of Open Source-related thing?

    Do we say that organisations hitting 'critical mass' have 'Jumped the Gates'??

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